http://blogs.targetx.com/hws/meggieschmidt/ en Copyright 2008 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:21:42 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss February has already been very eventful! On Saturday I attended an Ani DiFranco concert in Ithaca, NY with my friend Abi. We were really excited to go, and ended up having a great time- she played ALL of our favorite songs. Ithaca is so easy and convenient to get to, and it has a lot of great venues for concerts! I'm looking forward to seeing Medeski Martin & Wood at the State Theatre in Ithaca later this month. I have my first Study Abroad information session next week for Bath, England! I'm really excited to learn more about the program and meet the other student I'm going with. A group of my friends who are going to Mendoza, Argentina have already had their initial meeting. I can't wait to get back next year and share all of our stories! This semester I'll be hosting my first ever radio show with my friend Yeasmine on WEOS. After our training, the only spot available was Monday at midnight! It's okay, I'm still very excited to get started and will expect all of my friends to listen anyway! The radio station has such a wide variety of CDs, and they get new albums ALL the time! I only took a glance, so I can't wait to get a better look. It will be a blast putting together a playlist- Yeasmine and I have been planning it forever! A lot of my close friends already have radio shows on the station. I love asking for shout-outs or requests, usually from my friends Mike and Charles who are pretty funny. http://blogs.targetx.com/hws/meggieschmidt/2008/02/first_week_in_february.html http://blogs.targetx.com/hws/meggieschmidt/2008/02/first_week_in_february.html Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:21:42 -0500 . For information on the V-Day Campaign to end violence against women, check out . I am excited to begin another successful semester with Arts Collective. This semester we're focusing on one big event- the Spring Variety Show. We hope to encompass all student talents by inviting dancers, singers, writers, and actors/actresses to perform! It should be a great way to round out our incredible first year as a club! Our first meeting of the semester is tonight. I had a great first weekend back at HWS! On Friday night, I celebrated my friend Yeasmine's birthday. We had a delicious dinner at a friend's apartment downtown, and headed to Yeasmine's house for a party with all of our friends. It is so nice to see everyone back at school. Spring semester is my favorite, despite the cold weather. I always enjoy when spring finally comes in April- the ground begins to thaw and everyone heads to the Quad. It's SO MUCH FUN, that you practically forget it ever snowed in Geneva!]]> http://blogs.targetx.com/hws/meggieschmidt/2008/01/back_at_hws.html http://blogs.targetx.com/hws/meggieschmidt/2008/01/back_at_hws.html Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:39:25 -0500 For our first semester as Arts Collective, we decided to run an Outdoor Art Instillation. We were inspired by Pistols & Poodles, a former "guerilla art" group at HWS that would hang up huge art instillations overnight. For our first project, students decorated and placed 13 five by five foot canvas puzzle pieces in academic and residential buildings around campus. Since Arts Collective functions as an outlet for artistic expression, we did not designate a theme for the puzzle pieces. Instead, each artist chose his or her own subject- including Hugs Across America, Identity, William Smith athletics, and understanding sequence in comics. The results were very impressive, and the puzzle pieces caught the attention of students and faculty. Each puzzle piece was up in its separate location for a week, and we're hoping to display all of the puzzle pieces together by the end of November! On top of the Outdoor Art Instillation, Arts Collective held the Techno GraphArt Party at the Kappa Alpha Lodge the weekend before Thanksgiving. The party was a great success- with two student DJs playing techno/electronic music, a projector displaying music videos and student photographs, and glow-in-the-dark, student-made graffiti and art covering the walls. The party attracted over a hundred students and went on until the early morning! Arts Collective is hoping to throw a Masquerade Ball for the spring semester! http://blogs.targetx.com/hws/meggieschmidt/2007/11/puzzle_pieces.html http://blogs.targetx.com/hws/meggieschmidt/2007/11/puzzle_pieces.html Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:47:55 -0500 check out www.anneelizabethmoore.com! i'm getting this for my little brother ]]> http://blogs.targetx.com/hws/meggieschmidt/2007/11/zine_making_with_anne_elizabet.html http://blogs.targetx.com/hws/meggieschmidt/2007/11/zine_making_with_anne_elizabet.html Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:43:50 -0500 courtesy of lonelyplanet.com ]]> http://blogs.targetx.com/hws/meggieschmidt/2007/11/i_was_just_accepted_into.html http://blogs.targetx.com/hws/meggieschmidt/2007/11/i_was_just_accepted_into.html Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:26:29 -0500 Lake Seneca during early September A view of Houghton House in the snow from last year]]> http://blogs.targetx.com/hws/meggieschmidt/2007/10/sunday.html http://blogs.targetx.com/hws/meggieschmidt/2007/10/sunday.html Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:21:33 -0500 The Coffee House downtown. Brand new and student-friendly, I was really impressed with the incredible quality of their coffee and the inviting interior. Original artwork hangs alongside cozy tables and booths, the perfect set-up for an acoustic act. They offer an array of coffee and smoothie drinks; I had an Iced Latte with coffee-flavored ice cubes! The Coffee House reminds me of my favorite coffee place at home in Princeton, Small World. The owners have the same entrepreneurial spirit and community-oriented mindset. When I asked them why they chose to open their store in Geneva, the owners told me they loved the town. I was thrilled to find out The Coffee House is open until 9pm Monday-Saturday. I feel like a cup of coffee downtown could be a great escape from studying, saga-dates, or a routine weekend night. My Intro to Drawing professor last semester, a William Smith alumna, insisted that students should have a place to unwind off campus. A place that would bring students into the community, provide a cultural center, and offer something new. Looks like The Coffee House joins the ranks of my other favorite places in town. Normal Bread, Alpine Bakery, The Flower Petal Cafe, Geneva Bicycle Center, and The Smith Opera House are other incredible, enterprising bakeries and stores in the community. It's great that Hobart & William Smith students have fantastic resources for when they head off campus! Iced Cap from Small World (The Coffee House website isn't up-and-running yet!) ]]> http://blogs.targetx.com/hws/meggieschmidt/2007/09/this_afternoon_i_had_my.html http://blogs.targetx.com/hws/meggieschmidt/2007/09/this_afternoon_i_had_my.html Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:57:28 -0500 Pete and J Andrew and Me The graffiti artists One of our lovely vendors Laura Valdmanis and Barry Samaha representing Red Jacket]]> http://blogs.targetx.com/hws/meggieschmidt/2007/09/arts_collective_fall_festival.html http://blogs.targetx.com/hws/meggieschmidt/2007/09/arts_collective_fall_festival.html Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:04:51 -0500